Youth homelessness

Throughout the autumn of 2011, we received anecdotal evidence from our regional teams that homelessness services throughout the country were seeing a higher proportion of younger clients, aged between 16 to 24, including greater numbers of young rough sleepers in some areas.

Young & Homeless

In response, we launched a survey of homelessness agencies and local authority housing options teams in November to investigate the extent of and nature of youth homelessness in England.

We published the findings in ‘Young & Homeless', based on input from 79 homelessness charities and 108 local authorities.

The report reviews the changes reported by services, how they have responsed to increased demand, their concerns, and a series of recommendations to help prevent youth homelessness and reduce its impact.

Downloads

• Download a summary of findings (PDF format)
• Download the full report (PDF format)
• What we asked frontline agencies
• What we asked local authorities

For more information about this research, please contact Joe Whitaker.